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succeeded fpr about ten minutes, and then in the most tre- 

 mendous unearthly screech I ever heard, it recommenced 

 from the S. and S. W. I now considered it all over with 

 us, for the wind was directly on shore, and the sea rose 

 and ran mountain high. At 2, A. M., the gale abated 

 somewhat) and the barometer rose an inch ; at daylight, 

 out of forty vessels, the Water Witch and one other were 

 the only two not sunk, ashore, or capsized. 



Porto Rico.M 4, P. M., on the 2d of August, 1837, in 

 consequence of having observed the barometer falling, I 

 ordered all the vessels in the harbor to prepare for stormy 

 weather, although the fall of the barometer was not great. 



At 8 P. M. barometer at 29.6 



9 " " 29.5 



10 " " 29.4 



At 12, midnight, barome. 28 00 

 UA. M. " 29.17 



4 " " 29.50 



11 29.3 



At 9, P. M. the wind was strong N. N. E. At 11 veer- 

 ing to east, and blowing in an alarming and furious degree 

 till midnight, when every vessel was sunk or ashore. At 

 4, the wind fell, and then veered to the S. 



Antigua Hurricane of2d August, P. M., 1837. 



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151. It appears, from these accounts, that the wind, from 

 some time before 2, P. M. till 2, was blowing inwards to 

 a central space between Antigua and St. Martins, from 

 four different localities, Antigua, Nevis, St. Martins and 

 St. Bartholomew. 



